Category Archives: canon
doctrine of preservation
An earlier post left you, dear gentle readers, with a cliffhanger about a “doctrine of preservation.” Okay, so maybe you all haven’t felt like it was cliffhanger. But because I promised to clear up what I meant by preservation, it is this: because God has sent us the scripture as his inspired words, the idea [...]
an interesting discussion of authorship
One of the things we must consistently deal with in the Biblical text is authorship. When it comes to Bible text, there are some anonymous books and then certain books which claim a particular author. For example, all the letters of Paul, with the possible exception of Hebrew, indicate Paul as their author. As a [...]
inspiration without preservation is like a song you can’t sing
I have talked earlier about my belief that the entire Bible is inspired by God. This I believe wholeheartedly, but by itself this statement is inadequate. Someone may pick up two versions of the English Bible, show me where they differ, and ask me, “How can the whole Bible be inspired with disagreements like this?” [...]
a ring of little russian dolls in the canon
You’ve all, I hope, seen those little Russian dolls, where each doll contains within itself a somewhat littler Russian doll. It occurred to me that the disputes about the canon of scripture are rather similar. Related Posts:beyond the canon listConfederacy Discussion (3): Seder, Slavery, and the Biblerobinson and pierpont, collated against the kjv, post 8maurice [...]
beyond the canon list
It would be nice to say that once we’ve got Jesus and the canon settled, that’s the end of the story. And it would be partially true. If you read the books of the Bible, no matter what translation they are in (unless it is by some sort of weird group purposefully altering the text), [...]
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atheist mark perakh and a valuable lesson on bible codes